Page 30 of Sinners Keepers
Hunt
“About fucking time, cupcake,” Ijah said, grinning through the pain I knew he felt.
He gripped his bicep tightly where the bullet had grazed him, blood oozing from under his hand and running down his arm.
My shoulders shook violently as warm tears streamed down my face, blurring my vision. I bit my lip hard and tried to catch my breath, but my body's response was uncontrollable.
He rushed toward me, Law and Alec delivering me into his waiting arms.
I fell into him, desperate for him in the same way I always had been.
He was my everything, and I’d almost slept with his two best friends.
Almostkilledhim.
He kissed me, the warmth of his lips a fucking homecoming.
His blood ran freely, dripping over my skin as we tangled together like he wasn’t bleeding out on the carpet. Like nothing else mattered now that we were together again.
He hurriedly unbuttoned his shirt, pulling it off and handing it to Alec who shredded it in one quick motion and tied a strip just above his wound. Meanwhile, Ijah hadn’t stopped kissing me, touching me. I never wanted him to.
He tugged my shirt over my head, and when it dropped to the floor I paused, pulling back from him. I searched his face, feeling overwhelmed by… everything.
I craned my neck and found Law and Alec looking at the pair of us, lust written all over their faces. We were all so fucked in the head. Apparently, I was more so than the rest of them.
“You two can join next time,” he said so fucking casually. “She’s mine tonight.” He lifted me by my ass, wrapping my legs around his waist and carrying me toward the stairs. “I’ve fuckingmissedher,” he said, more to me than them, kissing me again.
“Cockblock,” Alec grumbled loudly.
Ijah just flipped him off over his shoulder and continued his way up the stairs.
“Wait,” I said. “You’re not mad?”
“Mad?Baby, why the fuck would I ever bemad?”
He kicked the door to my room open, never breaking his stride, and continued on into the attached bathroom.
“I was literally about to fuck your two best friends. And then Ishotyou.”
“You were literally falling for the two men I tasked with taking care of you while I couldn’t,” he corrected me. “And how would I ever expect either of them not to fall foryou?”
I… didn’t know what to say to that. He looked so relieved, so genuinelyhappy.
I was too.
“Baby, you can have whoever and whatever the fuck you want as long as you save a piece of yourself for me too.” He looked down at his bicep, then added, “And it was barely a graze. We’re going to have to work on your aim, cupcake.”
I knew this man loved me, or I had at one time anyway. I couldn’t believe that he or anyone could love methatmuch. “This feels… not real,” I admitted.
“I think you’ve had enoughnot realto last you a lifetime, along with enough bullshit, and enough of everyone around you always doing the opposite of what’s best for you. Now it’s time for you to let us take care of you, and make you happier than you ever dreamed you could be. We have a lot of lost time to make up for.”
We.
He was serious about this.
He gently sat me down, his hands moving to his belt buckle and deftly undoing it before sliding off his pants and boxers. He then reached for me, bringing my hand to his lips for a tender kiss before sliding his free hand up my back and unclasping my bra.
I stepped out of my leggings and padded over to the sink, pulling the first aid kit from one of the drawers while he turned the shower on.
